https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:48:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181613 Mon, 18 May 2015 09:56:31 +0000 Alba4 2181613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd return or regift. you don't need duplicates of those items. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181609 Mon, 18 May 2015 09:53:30 +0000 daniellemybelle 2181609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBananaGrabber: The only thing I would MAYBE keep a duplicate of is Sophie. My LO was not a huge Sophie kid, but some are, and you might like to have an alternate in case Sophie #1 is misplaced. </p> <p>If you didn't get a lot of the essentials though, I'd rather return the expensive teether and exchange it for things like swaddlers, bottles, what have you! You can always get another one if you need it later... babies also don't use a teether until they are like 3-4 months old at the earliest.</p> <p>Definitely don't need two of the other things. Especially the play gym. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181601 Mon, 18 May 2015 09:47:54 +0000 jape14 2181601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@nana87: I was going to ask the same question! Our dog hasn't shown an interest in Sophie, but several friends have gone through multiple Sophies for this reason. </p> <p>I'd return the other duplicates, though. DS (8 months) has all three and loves/loved all of them, but not enough to necessitate duplicates. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181590 Mon, 18 May 2015 09:43:25 +0000 catlady 2181590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd return the extra gym, and keep the tunes and Sophies to re-gift or in case your LO ends up really liking one of them (my LO loved the tunes but broke it, so it would have been nice to have another. She didn't like Sophie though). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181573 Mon, 18 May 2015 09:33:20 +0000 mrsjyw 2181573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't keep dupes of any of the items you listed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181566 Mon, 18 May 2015 09:27:58 +0000 nana87 2181566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you have a dog? We've gone through multiple Sophies because our dogs steal them! Otherwise I'd return the duplicates. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181503 Mon, 18 May 2015 08:54:13 +0000 Anya 2181503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would keep none of the duplicates. Even for those items that pp use 2 of, your baby might not take to it so better to return now and use the $/credit for other things you need and have to purchase again down the road than have 2 of something you don't use lying around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181499 Mon, 18 May 2015 08:52:09 +0000 dagret 2181499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBananaGrabber: I would keep 2 takealong tunes and return (or regift) everything else. My son was obsessed with his, and it broke, and it was the one toy we bought for our DD so far. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181473 Mon, 18 May 2015 08:36:10 +0000 skipra 2181473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kids are obsessed with the baby Einstein music thing. Both use them in the car everyday and my oldest is 2.5. I would keep both of those and maybe 2 Sophie's. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181467 Mon, 18 May 2015 08:32:15 +0000 tequiero21 2181467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ree723: I agree. I don't know of anyone who bought the Sophie that said their kids absolutely loved it lol. All three of my kids don't seem to care about it. </p> <p>I'd either return all the duplicates or regift them. We actually have all the toys listed. One of my kids absolutely loved the take along toy, but I agree, it's portable so u don't need more than one. None of my kids really cared about Sophie. Although, now at three, my son likes to squeeze it for the baby lol. My kids enjoyed the kick piano thingamajig, but not worth having two. We also had the rainforest kick gym thing too, tho. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181446 Mon, 18 May 2015 08:22:40 +0000 Smurfette 2181446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I might keep both tag along tunes, so LO has one in each car or one in the car and one in the house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181442 Mon, 18 May 2015 08:17:47 +0000 Miss Ariel 2181442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBananaGrabber: I've had my fair share of people not knowing how to use registries. But on their defense sometimes it's the stores fault. There were a few things toy r us didn't take off even when people told them too. Conveniently it was the more expensive items which meant I got less rewards. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181425 Mon, 18 May 2015 07:56:18 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2181425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would return them all. And I agree with the other posters, a lot of times duplicates are not the purchasers' fault. Stores frequently mess up and don't remove things from registries after they are bought. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181420 Mon, 18 May 2015 07:51:54 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2181420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBananaGrabber: Just an FYI, sometimes daycare toys/books are different then home books. For example, even the chunky board books daycare had to remove from the room because the babies were chewing on them so much they had chunks coming off. They have resorted to all plastic and fabric books now (besides the ones the teachers just hold to read). Also for toys, they have to be careful about what they can play with. I know daycares like bouncy seats and bumbos. </p> <p>I would for sure return the play mat. The take along tunes is cute, but you may want a different toy/rattle for variety. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181403 Mon, 18 May 2015 07:41:19 +0000 Alivoo01 2181403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with others and return all the dupes you mentioned. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181387 Mon, 18 May 2015 07:27:14 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 2181387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I might keep two Sophies, but I'd return everything else. And for $25 ( the cost of a Sophie here) I'm sure I might return that duplicate for store credit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181369 Mon, 18 May 2015 07:15:05 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 2181369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBananaGrabber: Duplicates on registry purchases is very common - Target is notorious for having issues with their registries and we had issues with our BRU with it not being updated correctly when people purchased - it's usually not the purchaser's fault, but a system issue.</p> <p>I'd return all of them - my daughter was not really into Sophie for more than a few days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181367 Mon, 18 May 2015 07:14:33 +0000 Ree723 2181367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Return them all! There are only so many playmats a baby can use, the take away tunes is great but as it's so portable, there is no reason to have more than one, and three Sophies are totally unnecessary. If you have a baby that actually likes Sophie (do any babies? It seems it's one of those things everyone gets but no baby ever seems to love it?!) you can always buy another if it gets lost or damaged. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181364 Mon, 18 May 2015 07:11:26 +0000 cat620 2181364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I might keep an extra giraffe, one for the diaper bag and one for the house, but everything else I would return. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181362 Mon, 18 May 2015 07:10:51 +0000 MrsBananaGrabber 2181362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: Nope, no plans to spend a lot of time at a grandparent's house- I don't trust any of my parents with a baby, and my in-laws live across the country. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181355 Mon, 18 May 2015 07:06:49 +0000 regberadaisy 2181355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha I love that you got three Sophies! Will baby be spending a lot of time at grandparents? Might not hurt keeping the take along tunes and kick mat to keep over there? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181345 Mon, 18 May 2015 06:55:15 +0000 yellowbird 2181345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! I agree, I'd return them all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181343 Mon, 18 May 2015 06:53:00 +0000 looch 2181343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBananaGrabber: That's actually pretty common, to get multiples of things, even with a registry. It doesn't always update correctly, of no fault of the purchaser.</p> <p>I think we also had 3 Sophies, I don't know how it happened, but my son wasn't interested at all. One thing you could do is keep them for gifts on hand, just in case...that's what I did! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181340 Mon, 18 May 2015 06:51:36 +0000 MrsBananaGrabber 2181340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MOMTOLITTLEB: The baby will mostly be with us, as opposed to spending a lot of time at a grandparent's house, but we are setting up an office day care. My company is getting all the bigger items like a crib, high chair, etc., but I figure that at least the duplicate books I can bring in so there's one at our house and one there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181338 Mon, 18 May 2015 06:50:13 +0000 MrsBananaGrabber 2181338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds like we'll have a lot of returning to do. It's crazy how some people just don't know how to use registries. We even had 3 people get us the exact same set of towels, which were on our registry, and NONE of them marked them as purchased. If you're not going to buy from the registry, why not at least look at it first to see if someone else already bought the gift? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181337 Mon, 18 May 2015 06:49:27 +0000 MOMTOLITTLEB 2181337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If the baby would mostly be with you, I wouldn't keep any duplicates but both of our parents have stuff like that because our son has always spent time there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181330 Mon, 18 May 2015 06:40:42 +0000 lawbee11 2181330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't keep duplicates of any of those. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181329 Mon, 18 May 2015 06:39:55 +0000 hellobeeboston 2181329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I may only keep two Sophie's. But that's all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181327 Mon, 18 May 2015 06:36:21 +0000 hilsy85 2181327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Prob keep none of those, unless you will be spending a lot of time at someone else's house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-duplicates-would-you-keep-from-shower-gifts#post-2181326 Mon, 18 May 2015 06:34:18 +0000 lamariniere 2181326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The toys are really going to depend on your baby, but I would be inclined to return all duplicate toys. My two were really not interested in Sophie at all. </p>